Montana will be sending a home scholar - John Ausick - to the Scripps Howard Spelling Bee. Bravo, Juan!

From the Helena paper: "Ausick beat 68 other students from across Montana who attempted words ranging from aerolithology to xanthic, breezing through words none of them are likely to use in conversation at their junior high schools."

Yeah, but maybe they would use them in their everyday homeschool conversations.